MARYLAND TACOMAS

Mine looks way worse

 

cap didnt do it, they were fine right up until i towed the focus home. oh well, might just drop the dakars in the back with the OEM fronts and deal with the monster rake for a bit

 

Constant strain is what made it sag. Been there. Done that.

Don't question me again.

 

well, unless you have a better solution that gives me the same dry storage space as a cap and is still 100% watertight, the cap still fills my needs over an sort of roll up/tri fold cover

 

Enclosed trailer. Duh.

Caps are never 100% water tight. Your rotting bedrails will show you in the coming years

 

The sooner the better. I have 5 of those and 11 sets of sliders all going to powder very soon.

 

Alright, Saturday it is then, since i had an unexpected guest show up and nuked any chance of me going places today. Also, is it being rusty gonna be an issue? it is gonna need a date with a media blaster before it sees coating, and i know most of the stuff you send them is clean

 

Not at all. We have all our parts sand blasted before powder so no worries there.

 

sweet

 

I used to throw my guitars in the bed and I do wish that it was at least waterproof back there. I don't have a cap, but I do have an over the rail cover with "waterproof" seals. What sucks is if I run through a puddle or drive through an undercarriage car wash, the inside of the bed gets soaked. I learned my lesson the hard way.

I'm guessing it travels up the drain holes in the bed front and in the spacing around the tailgate.

 

The bed is not sealed at all. Water can come up the drain holes, can come in through the side pockets, where the bed meets the tailgate. Just climb in on a sunny day and look around, light comes through everywhere. For people that absolutely need 100% dry storage, the Tacoma was the wrong truck to buy.

 

You want dry storage buy a 4 runner

 

Or put a tool box in the bed or some kind of sealed plastic bin. You can do the day light trick and chase the light with a tube of RTV, that helps a lot also. Just seal everything up from the under side so you don't see it. Gasket material around the storage bin doors will help also.

 

Truth.

 

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You never said hi or bye

Just rolled all up in my area all stealthy like and rolled back out

 

@68dave

Can you send me your contact in AZ for motors again? I can't find it now.

 

Shame nothing local worked out

 

There are tons of local places, for motors with more miles and twice as much money. Ridiculous how I can have a lower mileage motor shipped across the country and still save $1000.

 

Whatever works